Radio frequency (RF) communication systems with interference cancellation for coexistence are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an RF communication system includes a transmitter that transmits a transmit signal through a first front end system, a receiver that processes a receive signal from a second front end system, and an interference cancellation circuit that generates an interference cancellation signal that compensates the receiver for interference arising from the transmitter. The interference cancellation circuit includes a filter for filtering the transmit signal, a controllable phase circuit for adjusting a phase of the interference cancellation signal, and a controllable gain circuit for adjusting a gain of the interference cancellation signal.
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2. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the first transceiver is a cellular transceiver and the second transceiver is a WiFi transceiver.
3. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the interference cancellation circuit is coupled to the transmitter without a directional coupler.
4. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the filter includes a plurality of selectable filters providing different filtering characteristics.
5. The mobile device of claim 4 wherein a selected filter of the plurality of the selectable filters is based on a transmit band of the transmitter.
6. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the analog interference cancellation signal compensates for interference arising from spectral regrowth.
7. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the receiver detects an amount of interference, and controls at least one of the phase adjustment or the gain adjustment based on the detected amount of interference.
8. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the interference cancellation circuit is configured to generate at least two interference compensation signals for compensating two or more receivers.
9. The mobile device of claim 8 wherein the interference cancellation circuit includes a Wilkinson splitter.
10. The mobile device of claim 8 wherein the interference cancellation circuit includes a first amplifier operable to amplify a first interference compensation signal of the at least two interference compensation signals, and a second amplifier operable to amplify a second interference compensation signal of the at least two interference compensation signals.
11. The mobile device of claim 8 wherein the interference cancellation circuit includes a shared amplifier operable to amplify the at least two interference compensation signals.
12. The mobile device of claim 8 wherein the interference cancellation circuit includes a first controllable phase shifter operable to phase shift a first interference compensation signal of the at least two interference compensation signals, and a second controllable phase shifter operable to phase shift a second interference compensation signal of the at least two interference compensation signals.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein filtering the transmit signal includes selecting a filter from a plurality of selectable filters having different filtering characteristics.
15. The method of claim 14 further comprising selecting the filter based on a transmit band of the transmitter.
17. The interference compensation system of claim 16 wherein the filter includes a plurality of selectable filters providing different filtering characteristics, and a selected filter of the plurality of the selectable filters is based on a transmit band of the transmitter.
18. The interference compensation system of claim 17 wherein a selected filter of the plurality of the selectable filters is based on a transmit band of the transmitter.
19. The interference compensation system of claim 16 wherein the interference cancellation circuit includes a Wilkinson splitter.
20. The interference compensation system of claim 16 wherein the interference cancellation circuit is configured to inject the analog interference cancellation signal into the radio frequency receive path immediately after the output of the low noise amplifier.
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